🇵🇹 Portuguese

mola

feminine

a mola

spring

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mola
/a ˈmɔlɐ/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say mola in Portuguese?

IPA
/a ˈmɔlɐ/

How do you pronounce mola in Portuguese?

mola is pronounced /a ˈmɔlɐ/ in Portuguese.

Example sentences

A mola velha do sofá quebrou e precisamos comprar uma mola nova e resistente.

The old spring from the sofa broke and we need to buy a new and resistant spring.

A mola é tão fraca que não consegue suportar o peso; precisamos de uma mola mais forte.

The spring is so weak that it cannot support the weight; we need a stronger spring.

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Why is it feminine?

Mola is feminine in Portuguese because it derives from Latin "mola" (feminine), which originally meant a millstone or grinding stone—nouns ending in "-a" in Latin were typically feminine and this gender was preserved in Romance languages like Portuguese.

What is the Portuguese word for spring?

The Portuguese word for spring is a mola — feminine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchprintemps flips!lemasculine
🇪🇸 Spanishprimaveralafeminine
🇮🇹 Italianprimaveralafeminine

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